Additional Info. Son of John James and Mrs Blanche Tait of Dunshelt, Fife.
Brother Kennedy was also killed on active service (RAFVR).

The Perseus sailed from Malta for Alexandria on 26 November 1941
with instructions to patrol waters to the east of Greece during her passage.
She apparently torpedoed a ship on 3 December but at 10 pm on 6 December struck an Italian mine off Cephalonia, 7 miles (11 km) north of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea.

The aircraft crashed at 02:48 hrs (local time) having been shot down by a German nightfighter of Oblt. Zur Lippe und Uffz. Renette, and landed in the fields of the Homan company (tulip breeders).
All crew were buried in one grave at Den Helder, Huisduinen cemetery.
After the war the crew was reinterred at Bergen op Zoom grave no. 32 C.2

Additional Info. Born in Cumbernauld; resided in Cowdenbeath; enlisted in Kirkcaldy.
Husband of the late Mary Smith Todd (Died 1910). Father of Isabella (10) and David (
CWGC give his age as 38 however headstone in Kirkcaldy states 32.

Additional Info. Son of Mrs Jeanie Wallace of 20 Forth Avenue North, Kirkcaldy and the late Alexander Wallace.
Previously served 1-1/2 years with the Forth R.G.A.
Headstone in France reads 'Until the Day Dawn and the Shadows Flee Away'.

Additional Info. Son of William Whitton of Kirkcaldy
Medical Student of Edinburgh University, Resident of Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.

The SS Westphalia was convereted to a Q-Ship (Merchant Ship with Hidden Armament) and renamed HMS Cullist.
HMS Cullist was torpedo by a German U-boat (U-97) in the Irish Sea, 43 of the crew were killed, 2 taken prisoner."